1937, of May 13, 1975 denounces the arrest of Mr. Hugo Rivera Scott,
an artist and former Professor at the University of Valparaíso, in
Viña del Mar on February 26, 1975. The claimant alleges that Mr. Rivera
Scott was physically tortured and deprived of his civil and human rights and
that at the time of the denunciation, the individual arrested was allegedly
being held in the jail in Valparaíso.

The Commission considered this case during its thirty-fifth session (May
1975) and decided to address the Government of Chile to request information on
the matter denounced in the complaint, in accordance with Articles 42 and 44 of
the Regulations.

Pursuant to this decision, a note was sent to the Government of Chile on
August 5, 1975.

During the thirty-sixth session (October 1975) the Commission looked into
the status of the case, and noted that the Government of Chile had not yet
provided the information the Commission had requested. However, since the
period of time provided for under Article 51 of the Regulations had not yet
elapsed, it was decided to postpone examination of the case until its next
session.

In a note of November 18, 1975 (No. 21510), the Government of Chile replied
to the Commission's request filed on August 5, reporting that the individual
referred to in the denunciations being held in Valparaíso jail under
case No. 3550/2369, according to official notice No. 1595/557 of the First
Naval District, of June 27, 1975.